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EditsHisComments 17 points 3 days ago

You're right, he might start showing signs of dementia in 2028

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EditsHisComments 232 points a year ago

If you're asked the identify the shooter, remember: You don't have to.

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EditsHisComments 150 points 3 months ago

...wait a minute

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EditsHisComments 139 points a year ago

This was in Cleveland, in the Mississippi Delta. For those who don't know, the Mississippi Delta had some of the largest plantations in Mississippi and the racial and economic divide still very much holds up today. Plus Mississippi authorities are some of the most racist in the country, so no foul play my ass

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EditsHisComments 134 points a year ago

Chappelle has always been tone-deaf about many things, he's just more obvious about it since he's older. Glad more and more people are noticing his hypocrisy

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EditsHisComments 126 points 3 years ago

I'll bite. I had a brother with special needs pass away a year ago next week. He was born with cerebral palsy, was blind, nonverbal, totally dependent on caretakers (myself, my siblings and mother, his nurses) for literally everything since he didn't have functionally-independent motor control. We were told he'd live to 10, and he lived to 29; he was a bundle of joy and loved going out when he could. People would stare and kids would ask questions, but we loved sharing his story and my brother liked when people were curious about it.

But, his health started declining in 2014. He had several close calls, and we told doctors each time to try their best with the circumstances they were given. On more than one occasion, his nurses or our mother would actually be with the doctors during hospital stays to assist with him since he was case they didn't have much experience in and didn't want to make his issues worse. That said, he had a DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) since he had a trache, and was brittle enough to die from chest compressions.

I prepped for my brother's death countless times over 8 years. We all did. When he passed, we were so obviously distraught. But we were also relieved, in a way, that he wasn't in pain anymore in the end. We let out our emotions that had been stored for those years, and the grieving process is still continuing. We all put our lives on hold to help him, and he just became our lives; our goal simply was to make him comfortable and let him know he was loved, knowing we couldn't realistically do more. We spent years watching him in pain, watching him gradually lose his fervor and personality.

If you read this far, thank you. Not really sure what else to say, I just want to share this since it's occupied my mind a lot.

TLDR; Preparing for the worst outcomes, coupled with grief, over prolonged periods of time really disrupt your emotions and outlooks. Needless to say, my family became stronger proponents of state-assisted suicide after this experience. It couldn't be granted to my brother, but maybe we can help people in the future that coupd really use it. People understand, but not nearly as many are truly empathetic because they can't be - they've never been through a similar experience. I simply ask that people try to be sympathetic rather than to pass judgement on others.

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EditsHisComments 126 points 3 years ago

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EditsHisComments 121 points 4 months ago

I mean, Epstein was deeply involved with Israeli intelligence

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EditsHisComments 86 points a year ago

An Ocasio-Cortez / Walz ticket would be a dream come true. I believe Newsom is too much of a neoliberal and opportunist to actually begin to revert the US into a progressive state, and would ultimately cause someone like DeSantis to be elected afterwards.

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EditsHisComments 81 points 3 months ago

Old-school Star Fox had the best model, but the graphics in the middle photo are hands down the best of the three.

I remember thinking in the early 2000s that more polygons = better graphics, but that absolutely began changing when gaming went into the Xbox One / PS4 era. Especially now, I just want games that are well optimized and allow for more settings customization.

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EditsHisComments 77 points 2 years ago

There is none, but kids are picky and want expensive name brands because pretty images

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EditsHisComments 75 points 3 years ago

My boss told me something that will always stay with me. I've never known him to lie, so I have no reason not to believe him - but nevertheless this is still a personal anecdote.

Anyway, he told me that when he was a teenager, his family had gotten to a point where they moved out of a bad neighborhood and into a rather affluent one thanks to some luck from his parents. He said he went to the store one day and a homeless person was outside the store, asking for help getting back on his feet. My boss, being the asshole teenager he was, told the person to, "just get a job."

He said the person humbled him immediately, and told him in a very respectful, but firm manner, that he lost his wife and son due a car wreck the year before - that he went bankrupt and eventually homeless paying for their medical bills while they lived, and for their funerals when they died.

My boss tells this story to our new-hires when he can. He typically says that all this person needed was for someone to believe in them and give them another chance, because no one truly helped them when they needed it most.

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EditsHisComments 71 points 3 months ago

And then the teachers were upset because the class was falling asleep after lunch. Nevermind the fact we weren't receiving the appropriate nutrients needed to stay awake and function properly

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EditsHisComments 62 points 8 months ago

This is ordered by the man who was proud to be thin-skinned and spent their whole lives trying to be in the spotlight more than anyone else. He doesn't care why, he just wants to be the most famous of anyone.

Literally screams childhood abandonment syndrome. It'd almost be sad if he wasn't such a terrible person who spent their whole life destroying everyone's lives.

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EditsHisComments 52 points a year ago

Anything to further class division.

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EditsHisComments 51 points a year ago

I see this behavior everywhere on the internet, and I truly believe people become like this the more chronically online they are - whether they realize it or not.

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EditsHisComments 50 points 3 years ago

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EditsHisComments 49 points a year ago

The movie 300 is one of the worst perpetrators of this. Though I guess tbf it's argued that the movie is just the storytelling of the Spartan who Leonidas told to return to Sparta

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EditsHisComments 49 points 3 years ago

The crop makes him look fat, too. In the original pictures, he literally looks like a relatively slim middle-aged man - which is exactly what is he when he isn't training for a movie. Too many people forget that very few celebrities are consistently pumping iron to the extent that they have a perfect body throughout the year. Rob McElhenney goes into detail about this topic, I recommend everyone watch it when they get a chance

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EditsHisComments 47 points 2 years ago

Either you weren't contributing for decades, or you literally only contributed $10-$20/mo for ~30 years. If your job provides a 401k option, with tax write-offs and everything else you should have been contributing a lot more to maximize its future utility. This is assuming your employer wasn't even matching.

Either you aren't telling us the full details, or you haven't fully been contributing for decades.

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